Greetings ee 
In sincere appreciation of past favors and 
courtesies and mindful of the rich inheritage 
of freedom that we enjoy in our American way cf 
life, we wish to thank our many customers and 
friends for their fine letters and deeply appre- 
ciate the orders received in the past season. 
We are going to suggest a few do's for your 
gladioli garden. 
After your soil has been prepared in the 
Spring of the year, furrow out your rows and 
scatter in the bottom of the trench a handful 
of Commercial Fertilizer. One handful for about 
four feet, and mix well with the soil setting 
the large bulbs about five inches deep and five 
inches apart. Other size bulbs in proportion 
with the smallest about two inches in depth. 
Be sure and dip your Gladiolus in a good 
disinfectant so as to kill any eggs or thrip 
that may be on the bulb. Do this regardless 
where you buy your bulbs. We use Lysol. Four 
teaspoons full to one gallon of water and im- 
merse bulbs for six hours. Any water container 
will do. Can be done at any time before planting 
or just at planting. It is well to begin spray- 
ing the plants when they are six or eight inches 
tall, every ten days until they bloom, with Tar- 
tar Emetic, one gallon of water, one tablespoon 
